On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 00:26 Andrei POPESCU, <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Lu, 11 oct 21, 21:20:25, kaye n wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 8:41 PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 02:37:02PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > > But, urm, it might be that debian-live-11.0.0-amd64-standard.iso does > > > > not provide any graphical user interface. Maybe a shell prompt is all > > > > you can expect from it. > > > > > > I'm almost 100% certain this is true. > > > > > > If the live system is working, other than that one kernel warning > message, > > > then just ignore the warning. Hit Enter to get a "clean" shell prompt. > > > > > > > > So that's the issue. > > What desktop environment would you guys recommend for a desktop computer > > with these specs? > > > > CPU: > > Dual Core: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 type: MCP speed: 1998 MHz > > min/max: 670/10166 MHz > > How much RAM? > > > Graphics: > > Device-1: Intel 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel > > Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: intel > > unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1366x768~60Hz > > OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 945G v: 1.4 Mesa 18.3.6 > > > > Do I choose xfce, kde, mate, etc. ? > > My personal choice, even for faster machines is LXDE. It might seem a > bit spartan, especially if you compare with Gnome or KDE, but it is also > lightning fast, and all basic functionality is there. > > Depending on your choice of applications you might also consider LXQt > (based on Qt instead of GTK). > > For machines with limited RAM it's probably best if you keep the number > of toolkits in use at a minimum. > > (it's probably a good idea for live systems as well, unless you have > enough RAM to boot with 'toram', if that option still exists and does > what I remember it did) > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Sorry forgot about the ram. It's 3GB. > >
